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Iraqis should seek democratic rule
Why is the rest of the world complaining about our president's plan to liberate the Iraqi people?
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Anti-Semitism from right was always expected, but now out of left field
According to a comedian I once watched, my religious background qualifies me as a "Cashew," meaning someone who is half Catholic and half Jewish.
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Wave of activism important for those seeking improvement
There is a wave of movements engulfing this campus as I write this column and as you are now reading it.
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Shut out
Although MSU's undergraduate student government doesn't truly govern anything, it is a tax-collecting student body charged with representing its constituents in the university's governance process and therefore, has an obligation to remain accountable to its members. On Tuesday, ASMSU's Academic Assembly was not accountable.
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Numbers up
While our counterparts in Ann Arbor are witnessing tempers rise on account of the affirmative action lawsuit concerning their admissions policy, MSU is witnessing historic highs in minority enrollment. The Office of Affirmative Action, Compliance and Monitoring released its 2001-02 statistics Tuesday, and found that while Native American enrollment decreased 14 percent, Hispanics increased by 8 percent, Asian Pacific Islanders by 6 percent and blacks by 4 percent.
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Anti-war protesters confused about war
Don't the anti-war protesters see that most of the Iraqi people are welcoming our military? So much good is coming out of this campaign: the ousting of a brutal dictator, the liberation of millions who have survived his tyranny, the democratization of an Arab nation and the revival of the Iraqi oil industry (which means cheaper gas for everybody). We're not going to occupy Iraq for 20 years, and we're not permanently seizing their oil wells.The people who protest along Grand River Avenue now would be the same people protesting government inaction in 10 years after Saddam's cronies plant anthrax in New York City, or after the dictator once again uses weapons of mass destruction on his own people.Anybody who doesn't see the logic behind the war has no comprehension of international affairs.The nature of modern warfare has changed so that a threat need not necessarily show up at our doorstep; our military is so advanced that we can meet the challenges of the future before they arrive.
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Councilman wrong for riot solutions
I was pleased to see East Lansing officials are taking the weekend's disturbances seriously, but their solutions were a mixed bag of good and thick-headed ("Council to seek strict punishment for participants" SN 4/2). The idea that the Big Ten would forego tournament revenue in order to punish a school is simply ludicrous, and Bill Sharp should be embarrassed that he said it in public.
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Reporter wrong for categorizing band
It is unfortunate Joseph Montes, out of a lack of truly interesting insight into the band Flatfoot's debut album, resorted to sophomoric complaints about the album's incapacity to fit into an "indie rock" category ("Flatfoot needs to make music to match its indie rock image," SN 4/8). While he astutely noted two of the members of the band wear thick-rimmed glasses, he obviously neglected to stop and ask himself, or anyone else with an inkling of knowledge about the band, whether the band is, in fact, trying to be an "indie rock" band.
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God's not just getting stones thrown through his window
There is a Jewish proverb that says if God lived on Earth, people would break his windows. But the sad reality is that God is alive on Earth and we do far worse things to him every day. When we see him hungry, we let him starve.
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Officials shouldn't dole out rewards
First, I must say I am appalled at the students involved in the riots and their actions. But I am even more appalled our university is not doing things to boost our reputation.
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War, not basketball, should get 'U' riled
It's really a shame that basketball and alcohol seem to be the only way to get a big group of students out into the streets to make a scene.
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Riot does damage to 'U' reputation
I am a graduate of MSU and am proud of our basketball team. How great is it that they have made it to the Elite Eight four out of the past five years?
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Destruction isn't good way to party
I am writing to vent my incredible disgust for some of my fellow students here at MSU. In my sociology class this week we had a discussion about the riot.
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Of course Saddam wouldn't fight fair
After reading the editorial "Unfair fight" (SN 4/2), I am in a state of disbelief.
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Surprise me more
As far-fetched as it might be for Pennsylvania lawmakers to ask citizens for more money during tax season, at least the cash-strapped state Legislature is willing to "think outside the box." Pennsylvania state Rep.
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Good press
The U.S. News & World Report released Friday that four of MSU's colleges are among the top 25 schools in the nation - a refreshing reminder this campus is a place for quality higher education. In light of the university community's recent press for a weekend riot, playing the stage for a Girls Gone Wild stunt and being announced as a destination for a Playboy college photo shoot, it's comforting to know the university is gaining recognition for things other than earning points on the Princeton Review's top 20 party school list, where it places on a regular basis. In all, 17 MSU graduate programs were included in the U.S.
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Police presence didn't cause riot
It is quite surprising to me that the editorial staff of The State News and other MSU students have forgotten the meaning of free will.
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New York City sure to offer different lifestyle from Midwest
On a winter Friday night last year, I found myself in a dark and impossibly loud nightclub in the Chelsea district of Manhattan called Suite 16.
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Treadwell column neglected facts
Am I the only one who sees the blatant hypocrisy in Matt Treadwell's columns/tirades? He claims that he is proud to be a Roman Catholic, yet he hangs his head in shame when mentioning his American nationality ("Church learns from mistakes, country continues to make same ones" SN 4/2). The treatment of Native Americans, African slavery and other past American deeds are the cause of his shame.